How CBD Interacts with the Human Body

Brookside Holistic Solutions is here to answer all your CBD questions, including “how does CBD interact with the human body?”

Understanding this interaction, and then pursuing the benefits CBD holds will help lead to a stress-free health boost that the body needs!

What is the Endocannabinoid System?

The human body is made up of a biological system, the Endocannabinoid System. Endocannabinoids are internal neurotransmitters that can combine themselves with the cannabinoid receptors throughout the body. This system plays a critical role in regulating an assortment of cognitive and physiological processes including:

Prenatal and postnatal development

Memory

Mood

Pregnancy

Pain

Appetite

Fertility

Not only does the endocannabinoid system play a role in all the above functions, but anytime the body engages in exercise the system helps release the euphoria feeling while also controlling our movement activity. The impact that the endocannabinoid system has on your body is even related to your motivational salience for rewards – the internal meter in the body that determines how much sacrifice and energy you put into a goal you are trying to reach.

CBD and the Endocannabinoid System

In the Endocannabinoid system, there are two primary receptors called CB1 and CB2. CB1 is located throughout the nervous system, brain, intestines, tissues, and peripheral organs and is the leading target for the molecule anandamide, THC. The CB2 receptor is located within white blood cells, the spleen, and the tonsils, playing an important role in regulating cytokine release.

You may think that CBD interacts directly with these receptors, but the interaction is indirect and also activates the TRPV1 receptors. The TRPV1 receptors regulate body temperature and also give the human the perception of inflammation and pain. CBD interacts with CB1 and CB2 receptors, TRPV1 receptors, and impacts the molecule in the body that is referred to as the bliss molecule – the molecule that leads us to positive feelings.

Benefits of CBD interacting with the Endocannabinoid System

When CBD interacts with solely the CB2 receptors, it can have an array of benefits including:

Promoting skin health

Combating malignant cell growth

Furthering good bone health

Helping in kidney function

When CBD stimulates the endocannabinoid system as a whole, it helps with the homeostasis in the body, resulting in the decrease of inflammation and pain. Other benefits CBD provides when interacting with the endocannabinoid system are:

Enhancing concentration

Reducing anxiety

Lessening nausea

Decreasing acne

Combating bacterial infections

Helping control IBS

Assisting in decreasing withdrawal symptoms from substance abuse

Fighting depression

Even though our body produces endocannabinoids already, the production of the endocannabinoids can be affected by habits and activities we do to our body on a daily basis. CBD helps aid our endocannabinoid system in restoring full function or above full functionality. CBD can lead to a healthier, more fulfilled, and more content lifestyle!

Stop by your local Brookside Holistic Solutions, and we will help answer all of your CBD questions!